Compound tool.



J. G. DODSON.

COMPOUND TOOL.

APPLICATION FILED man. 1914.

1,120,914.. Patented Dec. 15,1914.

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amwmtoz J C DODSON and operation. H v I p With the aboveand otherob]ects 1n v1ew Applieation filed rtma'ry 14, 1914; Serial no; aianaaj' To all whomfz't ma concern: ;f"

Be it known t at 1, 'JAMES 0-.JDODSON, citizen of the United States, residing Ramah, in the county of El Paso and btate of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Compound-Tools, of which the following is aspecification, ref

erence being had to the accompanying drawings. V

This invention relates to new and-useful improvements in combination too provide a device of the above character whereby various ,size' corks may berreadily extracted from the neck of the bottle and the device may be used equally' as' well for coring apples or opening cans. f

' Another object of the Invention is the provision of a tool of the above character which will possess advantages in points of A efiiciency, inexpensive tomanufacture and at the same time is simple in construction as will become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certaln constructions, ments of the parts that I shall herelna I fully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is 'to behad to the follow-v ing description and accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is an edge elevation of a tool constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2--2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a similar View taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken on the line 4-4 at Fig. 1.

In carrying out my invention, I provide two resilient arms indicated by the numerals 1 and 2 which are preferab y constructed of thin sheet steel and of U shaped form in cross section, as indicated in Fig. 4. The inner ends of the arms 1 and 2 are arranged in spaced parallel relation and at their medial portions they are converged inwardly as shown at 3 and then bent outwardly again and arranged in'spaced parallel relation to form the grippmg fingers 4, which taper toward their outer ends into a point as indicated at 5, whereby they may and more particularly to a device which-is espe cially adapted for use as a cork extractor,-. the main object of the invention being to combinations and ma around the cork so that t .a'aaaamaaa; 'jMauritania;idem1 be readily inserted within the I'iek "the bottle between the cork and the bottle}, snd iti will be readlly apparent that by having-the same formed U shapein cross section, they will readily conform to the curvature oi-the' neck ofthe bottle and the cork, so' thatwhenf the fingers 4 are-pressed to ther, they will" from the neck of the bottle." A Connectedto the inner sides'of the. arms 1* readily grip the cork towit draw thesame and 2 at the upper endsof the convergentfi portions 3'are the telesco 'ing- 6 and the may being provi by the tube' fi is adapted tobe arrangedyse ed with sy longiza tudlnal slot sin which the pin 9', mu-19 1 1..

of the tubes. Arranged within'these' tubps is will Spring n ion of whith'r will be apparent that when the inner spaced portions of the arms -1 and 2 are spread apart, the co1lspring 10 will be placed un der tension so that when the arms 1 and 2' arerelea'sed, the tension of th'e's rilig will sol.

return-the same toi'theirnorma or inopera'tive position. A.

Arranged between the inner ends of the is pivotally connected to the inner ends of the arms 1 and 2 by means of thelinks' 12.

One end of each of said links is pivotally connected to the inner ends of the arms and the other end ivotally connected to the opposite ends of the block 11. Connected to the central ortion of the block and projecting outwar 1131 between the arms, is an'actuating rod 13 end whereby the same may be readily actuated' to spread the inner ends of the arms 1 and '2 and press the gri ping fingers 4 e same may be readily withdrawn.

It will be apparent that my improved devicecan be used for coring ap les by pressing the fingers 4 together so tliat they will conform to the size of the core. The points 5 are then inserted within the apple and the device turned half way around and then withdrawn. It will be noted that the sharp edges of the fingers 4 will readily cut the core from the apple.

Secured to the inner'end of the arm 1 and disposed upon the outer side thereof, is a can opening knife indicated by the numeral aving a handle 14 on its outer 15 which is rigidly secured in such a manner that the same may be readily used for openin fruit or vegetable cans.

Irom the above it will be readily apparent that I have provided an improved compound tool which may be readily used for extracting corks, coring apples and openlng fruit and vegetable cans.

In extracting corks from bottles the engaging fingers 4 are first inserted within the neck of the bottle between the neck and the exterior of the cork. The handle 14 is then grasped and the block 11 drawn outwardly so, that the connecting links 12 will force the inner ends of the arms 1 and 2 outwardly and securely engage the fingers 4 with the cork. Further outward pulling movement on the handle 14, will cause the fingers 4 to grip the cork sufiiciehtly so that the same ma be readily withdrawn from the neck of the ottle. It will be noted that as the inner ends of the arms 1 and 2 are 5 read outwardly, the coil spring 10 will be p aced under tension and as soon as the handle 14 is released, the tension of the spring 10 will readily r'eturnthe arms to their normal or inoperative position.

My device, herein described and shown, is extremely sim le in construction and can be manufactur, at comparatively small cost.

While I have shown and described the preferred form ofmy invention, it will be obvious that various changes in the details of construction and in the uproportions may be resorted to for successf 1y carrying my invention into practice without sacrificing any of the novel features or departing from the scope of the appended claim.

Formed integral with the upper end of the arm 2 and arranged directl opposite the can openin knife 15, is a 00k member 16 which is referably used for removing caps from bott es and the like.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is: Y

A device of the class described including a pair of arms arranged in parallel relation, the medial portions of said arms being converged toward each other, said arms being bent at the ends of the converging portions to form clamping fingers adapted to be normally disggsed in parallel relation, said arms and I gers being arcuate in cross section, means connecting said arms, said means consisting of telescopmg tubes arranged between the arms, a coll spring arranged within the tubes to permit lateral movement of the arms and fingers ivoted links carried by the upper ends of t earms, said sprin and links normally retaining said arms an fingers in parallel relation, and a connecting block pivotall connecting the links, and a handle carrie by the block whereby pulling power thereon will expand the upper ends of the arms and place the spring under tension, the tension of the spring returning the arms to their normal position.

In testimon whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in t e presence of two witnesses.

JAMES C. DODSON. Witnessesz J. W. WHITE, 0. H. Swan. 

